Ground Level Alliance

Driving Sustainability in Civil Construction - empowering and equipping civil construction professionals in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands to make sustainability a daily practice, like safety. We guide the way. Who’s the Ground Level Alliance for? - Civil construction professionals including designers, engineers, project managers / project directors), focused on the front end of projects. - End clients, contractors, procurement specialists, sustainability specialists and academics are key contributors to our work. What’s distinctive? - Focused on taking action - Not re-inventing the wheel - Grass roots (by industry practitioners for our industry) - Local to the Pacific region - Voluntary and not driven by commercial interests - Focused on the front end of projects where you can have more impact Why does the Ground Level Alliance exist? - Many in civil construction find it difficult to make the connection between their work and addressing global environmental and sustainability issues. Our group aims to bridge this gap by providing guidance, knowledge and skills. What should our work cause you to do? - Look through a different lens with new understanding - Do things differently - Try new approaches - Challenge the status quo Why is this work important? - With 70% of greenhouse gas emissions coming from infrastructure development and operations, civil construction has a critical role in making the world more sustainable. - Ground Level Alliance are facilitating the implementation of key changes in civil construction needed to make a better, more sustainable world for the children of tomorrow.